Cerebral 1383 films
The pleasure itself is thinking: debate, deduction, ideas as the action. My Dinner with Andre, The Seventh Seal, Before Sunset.
Double Indemnity
1944 · ★ 8.1
All About Eve
1950 · ★ 8.1
Amadeus
1984 · ★ 8.0
Bo Burnham: Inside
2021 · ★ 8.0
Music by John Williams
2024 · ★ 8.0
Judgment at Nuremberg
1961 · ★ 8.0
Dial M for Murder
1954 · ★ 8.0
American Beauty
1999 · ★ 8.0
Citizen Kane
1941 · ★ 8.0
World of Tomorrow Episode Two: The Burden of Other People's Thoughts
2017 · ★ 8.0
Before Sunrise
1995 · ★ 8.0
The Secret in Their Eyes
2009 · ★ 8.0
Andrei Rublev
1966 · ★ 8.0
Suzuki=Bakudan
2025 · ★ 8.0
Close-Up
1990 · ★ 7.9
Heat
1995 · ★ 7.9
Rope
1948 · ★ 7.9
Ghost in the Shell
1995 · ★ 7.9
A Separation
2011 · ★ 7.9
Legend of the Galactic Heroes: My Conquest Is the Sea of Stars
1988 · ★ 7.9
Throne of Blood
1957 · ★ 7.9
La Notte
1961 · ★ 7.9
Yi Yi
2000 · ★ 7.9
Apollo 11
2019 · ★ 7.9
Grand Illusion
1937 · ★ 7.9
Perfect Strangers
2016 · ★ 7.9
A Beautiful Mind
2001 · ★ 7.9
Lessons of Darkness
1992 · ★ 7.9
Man with a Movie Camera
1929 · ★ 7.8
Knives Out
2019 · ★ 7.8
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What does "Cerebral" mean in our catalog?
The pleasure itself is thinking: debate, deduction, ideas as the action. My Dinner with Andre, The Seventh Seal, Before Sunset.
How are these films tagged "cerebral"?
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